The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-12 00:00:00

i I FL .USIIING. tic es;ii»ate, Le t`4ay. have to encounter., Tilegatri son of Beigt:).ip- . Zi•orn is, said to consist of 7000 me n , .oil4t,lonked• up it) that fortress, can not be available in the field. At.Ant'werp, 13erna dotte is siated to lia've assembled a force'of at }east 30';000 men : .so .that in case of illl emergency, be tween'these two Cities and the other pli:ces of minor consideration in their vicinity,,Br.rai-46tte might be able to coiled an atiny of about 40,600 nken • Akainq „such a force it might not perhaps be prudent for a British General to adv:lnc* anny'nu mericaily inferior.. It 14'iushing i iNald once fall, there would then be a prospef!-A ; - yet certainly the present situation of the Continent might justify some risk with the view to strike a great and decisive blow." FROM 7HE JUDD LEBURGH COURANT. MIDDLEBUIIini,AUG. B.—On the morning of the 9th ult. appeared beftire our coast a fleet of his Bri tannic Majesty.'. From thne'rO time the number of ships Were St4tl to increase; and the following day - , at noon, the troops w'ere landed on the•. Bree, which immeditnely -took possession -of a greet part of the Island; and on the Ist instant they entered this 'town; which was surrendered by Capitulation. On the '2d inst.. the town olVeerei after having de fended itself, Nurrendered by -capitulation. Of Flushing, we ;know nothing with certainty, but that tb-day the 'castle of Ramtnekens was taken 'pos.:essitin of by the British troops,- This Expedition is commanded by Lien:erant -General-Lord Chatham. ..... Proclatnations have been pnblislied here:-- ' ,5 ' By order •of .his F,xcellency : Liettl!.'oant-General Lord Chatham, - every inhabitant of the town of Middleburg is ordered to give in, or deliver to the Policei'a list of all persons lodging in their houses. This list, 'which is to be delivered in without delay, is to include all• Ettlish 'Officers ; all Englishmen without distinttiOn, not being Military, furniShed with billets or otherwise; all foreigners, of whatever country, not being citizens of this place, or inha bitants' of the' Island of .Walcheren. The Police of the several Wards are to deliver in their lists to the Military CoMmandant." . . . , • trenches, and proceeding with a buzza-to the charge, . in an instant put, the enemy to the rout. Every [EXTRACT OF A . PRIVATE LETTett.I thing that could' be cione by the •exerciseof audio . ..Middleburgh, Thursday, Auge 7 ais, 6 1 1 . lq.•: rity, or the influenceofexa tres.l eto rally them, and "Though the whole of the Island of Walche r en , : restore order, was 'attempted iii'vain by the French . cers. , The dispersion was so, complete, and the avid) the exception of Flushinga.lias been for above' . °11) pursuit so atlive, that the broken rhaks of the cite ten days in the possession of the British army, that my could not derive protetlion from their own, bete fortress.stiil continues to hold out, and is expected . ' tonics ; to which they fled, as, if a fire I;a'd'been to make a protraeted. and obstieale resistance. The • . opened from the wells, it must have' been as ‘de 'garrison, which on the firft appearance of our Expe siruetive to theflying as to the pursuing cox )5 off this coast was comparatively .weak, has .. : When , they first began 4o give 'way„ one of their since been. crinsiderably. •- reinforced, and• at present brave 61E_ cers,' in the hope of re-animating their consists of between five and 6000 men. The'Gna • - coin:age snatched tip u - standard, and rushing for vernor, General IVloncie , ',. is determined to maintain ' midst ' . , - wand in 111 . e of a - heavy.bre 'from our troops, himself in, the town to the last extremity ; and, if in planted it in the front of the British line, and called the end. he should be compelled to capitulate, to nisei - Chia flying companions fatally round it. But make the acquisition of the place cost the British army a •Vast exp- - nce of time and blood. . the panic with which they had been seized, was not to be removed by such. an heroic example.- ckittey ".It was not t'll the . . begitri ing of this week, that fled in all dire lions with the loss of 500 in killed, the coinmuni , a ion between Cadsand and Flushing _ . g Wounded, and priontr.c. The loss on Our part 'was was completely cut Off, and at tie present moment • also considerable: it amounted to 48 killed, and the garrison of the latter place has -nothing to rely 187 I . 4,' o u , qed . . A few more such sorties w•culd de upon but its own efforts, which , though they may tide toe tate of Flushing, without a• bombardment retard, cannot prevent its final reduction by the very or a general assault. superior. force with 1.v1A•1) it ; is invested. . ,' , A Most a.ti - fe,4l . ing occurrence took Place abotit Me ~ Th e division of the British army now lying be- 1 dieneenient of this splendid aCtion. ' Two' .Sol fore Flushing, consists of nearly .17,000 men under c d ° i !11. b'l -'' one ' • ' diets e ongitig to , of the British reeitnentS'en- ' the immediate•command of Sir Eyre-Coote: There e gaged, Who had been made r' onus in )glut'S and' is but one weak battalion stationed,bete, the r. , 6th .forced into the service of Rance, .weld :amongst regiment ; and as there are 0n1y. 5 few inconsider • _ the' char e, of . the eile i my, and When . cooling . to' the able parties dispersed in the other parts of the Island, nearly the-whole of. the i 7,000 oleo emploYed in ge, jotted `their . 2ld comrades tit' their huzza, an . d diletted: . their . bre against the cot - meals enemy. the Island of Walcberen occupy the tines - with • whi c h p hish i ng •.l..4l,"Y es ted, in a; semicircular form, of . both. Since OA sortie, the . enemy' have t 0 ii quiet. -Yesterday about five hundred of them suety • from the , Norrh-west to tile South - east of that town. • The tre n ches are already con ed themselves witheut their vvalls about three pleted ; but as. only 'cleek, , but they did not venture to tame further.. two batteries of six guns each o hate beet: yet thrown, :' ; . This day some ot illern have again sliewn themselves up, the bombardment of the fortress must be de_ c out and at this moment an intermitted' cannonade • 'erred -until tile. beginning, or perlee,e, the middle or . , ' is heard 4 but it is' supposed here toproceed . from next..weeke Besides,. as the co-operation of the the wall of• the formess, against some part 'of the fleet is essentially .necessary -_to the success of that : ' operation it wouldemavoidably, he deferred ; Br tishlines., if even all the prepsrati until. , ". The• importance of Cadsand, with a view to ons n u shore were complete, i the Ileetcyuld come into its station for that purpoSe . . •• ; an attack on Flushing by Sea; may be estimated,. :Sir Richard Strarban, with a,great };rot ortion of the from a very brilliant affair Which took - place - in the naval force that acCompanied the Expedition from Channel between both upon the third f 5 1 ,1 his month. England, has gone into the East Scheldt, to 'assiat When it was observed that the Fre.hch were throw -the operations of .Sir John Hope's .diviSion in that lug in reinforcements daily into"Flushihg from Cad quarter. The set vice bet - tare Flushing, therefore, de- serial, it was bound necessai y t-.) resort : to spine , - volves upon the squadron _under. Lord Gardner, trorn means of intercepting this'ComMunication. Several •: , tvliicil six ships have been ordered against Flushing. gun-boats were consequently sent up the •Charitsel - They were lying off the- cast' Scheldt'; and tho Ugh bet vvee . n then); in order to take soundings, as-a di 'they got under weigh yesterdeituorning to come in, re.-.tiop for siationine 'vessels io prevent all co.. niu have ' been hitherto pre' need by the wind, which i. nication between Flushing and Cadsand. These , bras shined round to the Eastward. Captain Bolton. gun-boats were to be prottcted• by the Raven sloop of the jisgard frigate, , a..110 . ,has been here ;of s.eve- of war' 'Captain I-lent:nett. The batteries soon IA weeks previous to the arrival of the Expedition, opened on the gun- boals, 'when Captain Eierichett StarJonieg cutters, as buoys for i:sguidence, went out most spiritedly ran his vesset up between ‘tlte gnu-- on Tuesday night, to conduct Lord Gardner'itlett to , boats and the fire of the enemy, which was Just:ant its station. , . '!. ' ly•transtert.ed .to his ship. ft.- was tired at from " Thus,, though the preparations on both sides 'five batterit.s on Cadsand, from the ,A•hole sea-trent. `are continued with miabated activity, no derisive; of Flushing, and from thirty-nine gun-boats. For tiperation can take place till the moment of a-general tour hours he bravely 'maintained the tnequal con , attack. The eeenly eutier no opportunity to escape test, and . brought oft til e gun-boats sale, atter liav- Of armoying their besiegers, and I,tep up a constant i lug silenced file battery of 13r*rskens, in Cadsaild, bat i&eguiarfire.upon I tie different parts of our lines, though not beiore he had three of his own guns dis- , :where any.prospeet mitV be presemee et "thinking an mounted, his vessel dituasied, and se-vet.ll iiives, impression, So ii•lk-iihuo ar e _ they in, respect, this res set, on fire; and. above a thousand . shot discharged]discharged] e:. i that if even an indit icto.l Officer - .were to make his against hiin froth aft sides. 'This gailmt exploit de • , lt •ant • l b the naval . 2 1spearance •ta it }lin e serves to rank with the most bro! Ire loves, and in reach' Of the shot . from the garrison - the would. not tail - to fire up admiration on . • records of - the country, and Was no less Cali object of . to the • naval than to the ' mi:l7 ill p.irt of - 'him - - Last night, , dCa y ptain, who was reconnoitrieg : tLoPitiviElk:T.-- , Au elopernat' took piece : not the works of the tow-n,•titii et .some disnince taithill those S''ho' w e re ":"ns."'s of 'tit Ic. 'l le ' enle " l * t Many days - age, trout the netehbotiritood of Brent tbe lines, had his leg.sh d. ot away, an a hand baths •.• Captain Haneheti nas since receiy,ed the citsitaguitsl''' • wood, in Essex.; tile•parties w ere the invenile wife ed thank, o mander in Caier, Sir lite elid Wounded. The shells' from the town \often •- tall • f his Com of au Eseulapent Prolessor,•anditer husband's assist- Within the lives, though without doing much nits- tracan, Surat and*thetrioat •ttnieriog as ! , ura ee tahes of rant-: t what adds to the turpitude of the action is, that 'chief. This i rregu la r nee is, sometimes returned trona. , high approbation of every t_ tierai Officer,' ' ll° ',' elle tidy haS been neirried univ about ((twice') aromas, the lints, though net generally. .t. ' ' I was a spectatCi of his gall:sully end devotion to the ! i aielleas deserted an infant not three months old. Y` I suet) an • - e i service. It must ee hence the value 0 - ex From tile tirst landing et .the Biiiistreroois.in' i . rEriEsTittAsism.,--Thonias Florobin, a pedestrian • the neighbourhood.of Floshiug, tee client ys e,,, e e ....,„.„; ploit, that it has beeh ''''"'"'`' d ' w " ithilt 111uc ' c ' l "." '''. of-no..incousiderable degree of celebritye - iii Staiford t onfined within its w-ells. Tee nt - ig.ide-.u( General . patative loss, only• the g dlace Captaiu and I'3 of his i shire, i. i s now . in .training to peyforin anblicit a,ainst *Graham composed principalty. of the. Basyels, the brbve . crew.l73 , lling beer) wound . ed hoee of them et-um?, which will be. di , ci ,.. k . ;d. at the approaching : 51 h) and 36; ti Reghnents, hate been most ro e id , •ti , badly; aid hot -a siegie man haying been killed due- , t 1 ctees at kiaunion,'• 1'1;o oii...lertaidog is to %yolk 20 U ,. : .i. di the enemy, and has been greatly chstineteshed. i nig such a leng-con•ested actiotr; 'a e alitit. Such tear- .1 miles in three hours arid, tteeitty-tiVe aiiiiutee, which m'eVery mstance in which it. cattle in •cootiaCt tilt tkil'a rl d . '• -It ships of the line should b.. brotight to 1 . perforinabee would out have disgraced 'even the tit . 't' at. Immediately .attar the. landing, I = • • t e e fe„,k . aet eg enst Fitish:ng, as they can lie witem pistol:.l more jut elide exploits Of ail, . vt.•terans wi,ose pottier' companies of mho brigade;-had a smart but . sect . I . brilliant i , Y the batteries, -the inv:st he -rt... , i must now he necessarily.iitich: on the wane, as he affair tVith 50m..., of-the enemy's light infantry, ad- Oil near sides. • 'The contest however will be elaieTt, 1 is vet - git - 1g apace.towards his gash) climacteric: The vantageously posted along the satid-i,ills. Though i but 'must be decisive - perhaps the work. of a few at - re of Horobiu clousidered e - lilssastizecse will become at first severely,galled by the enemy's fire, the ' d 1 hours. Unless, aided •by the co-operation of -the doubt ya e - • . , I ' I - - who are best • , 3 with many ; , iov,, ever, t lost sallied w",lii the characteristic iftlieptclity of British.' fleet, at such an expence of blood'as must unavoida i iscquainted with luau bet odds on, this occasion mu ta - I cops, and drove their epponetite before their., to: bly besbed in a contest of such a nature, and un- 1 1 vour of this'sex:rgenary pedestrian.. the very W•alls of the town, under wLich about 30 der such circumstances, the rteinCtion of the fortress • , A tvager of two hinhired . gtiiieas has been' made rigiisli Seamen were made prkone - . ' by the army, may lit! a protracted busines - s. . • . rs, in consequence. 7, betwixt Mr..fiownes,. the, pedestrian, and' a - Mr. cf. (lie inconsiLlerate impequosity with winch t h e , ' ", But - thotigh the progrps of adise hostility • .Y . I • d sixty - 8 until w lo;e, each to start an go tildes a- ay • cisiitil,ued the pursuit, till it- was no i(lnger-p oss b i l e seems to be suspended the montent iii Walcheren . fo- ' ' 1 one resigns. - The parties started . from Andover on ..- ti.)ec'n. try retarn to their comrades in sale'y It operAtioni are;on the point of 'being prosecuted with , e nes av, and they vvere. travelling together near W d d l ';'''') obi that occasion, that, after dieving \ tie v•e - tir•in other quarters Sir John - Hope has proa • a - e etie te y .I_.- _ . •, • !Oxtol fester day morning at six. o'clock.. 'Mr. ii fro •Cite. sand hills, the iid,anced "party of this 6 s a.. ceded front Not tli to South Betel with the di- Do W n e s i s co:lsiderably the •favenrite, and it is' SuP ;-l'a''e. " liilA I engged-in the p m ursuit fflost g.til ar oly Vision tinder.his command.. T On ueiday he was at I ./ osed he' can•imiintain the inaieh fora fortnight. , f - irri t .,,,l -• _ by assault•a o,ittery within a sall distaece of Baths . , .on -the south-eastern extremity •of South On the efith t the cabin of the -Farmer of Kin the tie A • ' 11, Whore they have,. since opt m A ned trenches BeveLltid; being ore than half way to ntw I erp, + cerdie u e,,Jos 1z ATI, Master, lyittg e rst the•shore of 13 Priti the gluts secure ftom the elicit the oh wrth 'M - . 's ith 22,000 men. General 'the arquis o peril ,was i pe, was discovered to •bt-.! 00 tire. By cutting away in - the reach of shells from the t o wn, t Oh e h e ei ne e crossed with his division from North to South Beve-.1 'pail of the quarter-deck, - and pouring down water ,. surface of th e gliteis allowing the shelis to roil away land on WednesdAy, fir the purpose of reinfixicing i the' flames were extinguished without spreadint , belote.they explode. The garrison fir.sa4.o had re_ . the army under,Sit.l.l-lope. 'Their'united forces would 1 fart h er, or d o i ng much 'tnaterhil damage. The mas-• course to so'ties, ill order to impede the. progress of amount to little short of . 30,000 men, including a ! ter had taken advantage of lying idle, during the _the, - ,hp s iegds, but` without success., On Mund4 marine brigade, The dparture/of Sir R. Strachan, i embargo, to dear his yeasel ofrats,. by sttiokieg them last they made•.a.gtand,effort of thus dc for the East Scheldt, - yesterday, roust certainly be I 1 v•th b ' • • " a 1 . rims I I wing • t night left three toile , ant e a ree pots .A.b,,v e 2000-men came forth from the tow u, and connected with some projected operations in advance for i burning, each containing'iob. of this substance, to uted under its walls, with.n view to attack and ;on that side.' The head-quarters were to be' re- I '• 1 , 1 • - 1. clislod- e ;,., • -•, ( - tether vitt int Icr ingredients,. he ceised every epee cr..tih: , eotn its position the advanced party of Geri E moved • y . this .day to to South Beveland . in which case ' ' ' • tore, by which the smoke Might get e vent, and went 111 5 - brigade, consisting - of _about. five hundred the Command in Chiet of this Island would rest with 1 nien • Th e . • . to ,sleep on board another "vessel, where he., was "re - enemy advanced .in a fine style, and ': Sir Eyre Coole, through whom at present all graders , alarmed in the morning by the cry of " fire."-- b roost- ably cl• '1 ut h e s witi . ispoaed end led on by. their otficers I are given to the army here, and by: whont'all ara i' On getting the flames so .much under, As to Ven hers, ;lid the their vast superiority of, nnm- rangements are made for the condud of the siege.— .1 .turc down to the cabin, he found a quantity, of double I . e pow er f u l stimulus of ardent spirits, a 'l'he advanced, . posts of the army here are On the lead shot melted into a solid mass,. and the dill. portion of •rightist Knole House, arid on the left a little within , had them b. ...._ w bleb been distributed toferent sand-glasses belamain to the vessel in th e then] g .e before they Commenced the.atiack, they were the Ratrunekens battery and castle, which have • . . shamefully repulsed . • same condition. a with immense lo ,s to the been taken from the enemy since the lines were first . ,o -4 3, r very ..:HoMAS PAINE was, it seems, visitee. by some walls by this - , is handful of brave men. The attack marked out. The troops have very slender accom- Methodists during his last moments, who ittempred• commenced at four, and the defeat of the enemy ± mochition.in huts, constructed by themselves, and at ! i to n)pr , hi : ii •s lii•ri with some notions of a future state; was complete by six .of • 0 ,. cle troops . xin .the 'afternoon. l'he whole first were much exposed, frolic the prevalence 1 but though he was in the utmost bodily torture, and t ! 1 ... along the line had been put into m e _ rainy weather : but their privations they have sub- t had reason to exped his exit fmvm the world every ton on the. first alarm, but the business was accom- milted •to with the greatest alacrity, and since the 1 m i nute, be rejected their efforts., .and died as- he plished by the advanced guard of the rihtb • d weather.has beoine fine, they appear even to enjoy , . - lived, with the utnaust contempt of religion. ' Yet before any ot h er corps -could be brought up to sustaintheir stnatibn,. anxious only that the enemy should . it. Whilst the enemy the precision' ny was approaching with all come out and give then) an opportunity of meeting the morals and improve the condition of mankind ! of a movement in review, h ' • them in the field. Very little baggage Was &lowed • - . - troops a ft awed them to advance • ,t e British. .. • first instance; 1 esterdav mowing about font o'clock, the cellar. however, blankets have .in - • • - unmolested' onfio , c ... . • m the ntst instance; now, , , , of the Hut,c_sime ao, magpie public-house, in Ina ihenise4es within their tre h been sent for e vvii h a view to the :A:contused:llion of . " es, and not even Coldeath-fields, was broke open, but the thieves returning the - fit=e with %vine!, they • • ' . .i hence it ma)' reasoned •be in- ... . ;were inoessan... - tty the troo p s; akiii . essaileci ; ' - but when they hadferred, that their service is not - thought likely to be i ; ~ blank raile e - • ( . " 1. -Within point' ieay.r.. behind them iti iron cro‘t-, . ~a must destructive . and field- •" fire front musketry suon over. . Tin cellar o 4 Mr . . Wisdotii, publican; on Saeron t_ -piees was opened upon th I • ern and their "Asit is likely t lint the main body of the British , hill, was broke - open a few niorttings ago, aid rubbed . consequent confusion ) - 1 ;al a ' • fur the I • . le , S; ir- fine opportunit ' arMy, now under Sir John Hope, still : adva . nce # it of tt qeantity of spirits. 'The t.',,A!ar el another pub. - emp oy men t ot that . ._ii . 3ontgs ahte•trix; in - - • kta stantly. advanced. 'Ann tilt . French force, which, acculdii4 ltu the inoA,authcu- brut,,..! °ken attd rubbed eat live doheo of •„line. • . PROCLAMATI O N. " His Excellency, my Lord Chatham, Comman , der - in Chief, &c. being inkirmed that many deserters belonging to the French troops, some of whom ate armed, are in the Wand, order's that the aforesaid wmed ur unarm , d, he seized, ai:d deh veted up to the uo:irest detachment ; and t.t)34 no one preSUme to Stletl . deserters into their housei, on: pain, upon conviCtion, -vf- being ponish,sd according to iNlattial Law.". " AlUicilOurg, Aug. S, 13, 9." P ROCLANI •VrION. . _ " By order of his Exceilvhey tuy Lot;d Ch%barn, &c. it is ordered, that all French peraowi, or inch viduak in the service of the 14 . rei.ch GA:eminent, shalt 'repair in person to the Commandant of the Garrison of Mid,tleburgil tvithinAt:ree , da) a, is order to receive further cotninantt , rcapeding then); in detanitot their ing this oiclei, they shill be.ooti.dered i, prisoncrs of war." .; 'i..Mithiltburg, ARK 9 " ‘'S'PORI'I LL G I :V7T L C,IGE IVC.L. • - Act; 9. • A, Maiden PlAte, of col ; Air H.lLipp'ncott's p.'f. bOliOland I .}yrs. old Mr. Willett's Hyacinthus, 3 yrs, 0:d - • t. M ss ht.:twit - ord. , . ,‘ rs. oicl . tbs. Mr. Hodder's b. g. by "iy;,-,ifon, - 6 yr.),old . ths, T Lord C. H. Somerseesbhre. Goldc. ,Y Ct:p.nt clsor by I ' VaXy Mr. Mills's b. 4.7. by Ambrosio -, Mr Dundas's br. A. Stripling - ~.. 3 Sir I, Haivkin's br. li. Clermont - 4 Stripling ,the favourite. , . An application was made to the PainCe•tonn. yes terday, in behalf of a prisoner confined, for debt hi the Marsha!sea •Prison,, ander the folio V , lug cirenni,- stances .Satniday last a per . son attended. at (he prison, for the purpoSe of paying the prisoner his sixpences due'fbr the past week, and tendered tWo shillings, two sixpences', and sixpence in halfpence ; the latter were objeited to as ty-ing bad ones-. The person, however, refused to chat,ge them ; •and the preSent application for the prisoner s discharge wai founded on the payment 'being d , ficient, tint having made in the legal coin of the kingdom, The Learnechludge:(Mr. Serjeant Marsh:ll3) said, some year's ago, he nia.ie an application to Mr. Justice Gould, in behalf of a prisoner similar to the present. On that occasion the Learned Judge said t the diffi culty would be a'scertainii.g whether the halfpence :were good. or not. He had a,coachman, i!o. he believed, from frequently passing through turnpike -gates, was a:pretty good judge what halfpence would pass, and he should decide. The c acninatt was ac , - cordingly called in, and decided in faillUr of the pd. soner. If as good a judge could be found on . the i.re• sent - occasion, .it would be well, for th,- . The halfpence:were:then produced in C,urt., and ad judged by several.persons to be bad; and the Prisonet was ordered to be discharged. per Son who kept a public-hoifse in Oxford-street, put a peiiod to his existenee on Wed nesday morning, by banging himself in his bed=room. The deceased.had. been-for tiorne't'rne in a state of despondenci, and a few : days s:uee attempted to drown hivelf, in the basin, in, Hyde-Park ; but he - was di..,coveted in ,the a‘-t and saved. H:s rose earlier than usual on \'-..ednesday moroing, - and lett, the deceased, as she supposed, asleep ;, but on going into the . bed-room. a short time afterwards, - she found him suspended front the bed-post. , Toe deceased has left tour children. A Coroner's In . quest sat on. the, body betoro G. Hor , Gsots,, Esq. . ye s terday. alturnoon,, and a verdict of •Lteuicy was - returned. . .CORONER's.INCitiEST.—An Inquisition was taken yeSts_'!;!ay at the .12ciwinig-green public-house, So tners• town, on the body of, Smith, ~vh.o was killed in a ba , tle:wit b one..loneS . , .on WeLinesday. It ap peared in evidence that the parties were workmen at a brick- kiln. . They lind, fo,ight lc! before, and Inc dec ,, ased way b , ,th battles Much beaten. He gave the•citallenge in tt.is ins!onc,s', and gave Jones no alternative but to fiL;lit. Atter a contest of half. an hour, the decetsed tell from a blow ob the sid - e:, and was arrit d away. It appeard, however, 'that he died by a tall. V —4llanslau Otter . An old lady in the neghbourhooli of Shetteld,Wlio last month entered her hundrt4dth year, hat tut signi fied to the nista of Ecclesall Chapel her n:t..nition tO attend public Worship there, he delivered to' her and the congregitton, on Sunday afternoon, a• S.r won very suitable to the occasion, from Genesis, chap. -t7. verses 8 atld 9. She afterwards assured the preacher that she had heard almost every word of the discourse, thanked hitnfor his alientinn, and sliewedliirn - a ring which she . wore, and which she received When in service at the Duke of Leeds's,. at Kiveton, on the death of the Marchioness of C:u mart lien, the inscription o Which bears date No vember, 17'22: On the 3d inst. Edinburgh And the neighbour hood. were - visited•with a severe storm of thun ter. The rain fell in torrents, and the lightning ; which was extremely vivid ) , occasioned damage in several places. It struck the gable of :a house in Cable's Wynd, . descending :,by.. ‘ the chimney, killed a 'boy who was next the - lire, and very touch scorched another. Continuing its course ) it scorch ed two women in a room below, where it seems to have • forced ;oat a passage by the windows, every one of which was. broken', and the walls, much in jured. It also' melted the bell-wires in a house ia the New Town, and broke some windows.in James's coutt• • On Thursday forenoon, a young. Gentletnah, Who was walking with .his sister in St: James's Park, stOpi to speak tna frie.,d, while the youndLady, who walked' on sloWlv, was accosted by a felfow,.dressed like as Gentleman, and who used the most brutal - and indecent language.. The brother'having cnme op, and finding' his sister much embarrassed aoLl in fears,' instantly seized • the ruffian, but the Lady 'Wag ashamed to mention the cause of her distress, when a girl with a child came up, and stated that the fel low was constantly in the habit of insulting every fc.qnale he met' btother immediately n;iiiated summary chastisement 072 the rtrslian with his cane, Who was otherwise very properly punished by 407 e -. ral peopie who assembled having been nude ac quainted with the crime for which he was Chastised. On Thursday rriorninfr the Grimsby Custom=hou se boat, with two men and ' a woman, going off to a ves sel in the Road, was oVerset in the Humber. The men succeeded in getting upon the bottom of the boat and the woman got hold of the leg of one of them, by which she kept herself, above water. In this situ- ation they Were fortunately disco% ered by a passen ger id the Grimsby Packet, which immediately made to the boat,and rescued them from their peril ous situation. • last'week the following distressing accident hap pened to. Miss Stephenson, daughter` of Mr. S. of Pinchbeck, near Spalding. " Being on a visit to Mr, Parr, jan. of 1)t-eping Yen, she, With Mr, Part and a - few :friends; 'walked to nic.et Mr. Parr and a-party o gr elli,.,en: on ,their tetnin train shooting. The latter iinfOrtuna , ely had their guns loaded alien the meeting ti.ok place and one of the pieces accideti. tafty urr, wounded Miss Stephenson Itt a shocking manner..—.T!:e distress occasioned by the accident amongst a ni.ortber of friends [nay he imam gined. Surgical assiAnnce was promptly obtaltjed, and it is lfoped that the youth lady is now in a fah' way of recoVety.